Acts 7:8

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
The covenant, or the testament, and alliance of circumcision, by which the Israelites should be known to be the elect people of God. (Witham) Literally, he gave them the alliance of circumcision; he made with him an alliance, of which circumcision was the seal. (Bible de Vence)

John Chrysostom

AD 407
And observe, how, while he seems to concede something to circumcision, he in fact allows it nothing Acts 7:8; since the Promise was before it, and it followed after.

John Chrysostom

AD 407
Here he seems to hint now at the type. And the patriarchs moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt.

John Chrysostom

AD 407
since the Promise was before it, and it followed after.— And the patriarchs, he says, moved with envy.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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